Health Buddies program offers companionship as medicine
The organization has partnered with first responders so agencies can refer elderly people who make frequent non-emergency calls for service and are living alone.
Castor's Classroom Champions make a difference for kids
Castor’s Classroom Champions are part of a larger group in Hillsborough County known as “Classroom Grandparents.” They tutor, mentor and assist teachers and students.
Partnership’s goal to build engagement in Sun City Center – The Observer News
The newly elected board of the Sun City Center Community Association and Seniors in Service are partnering to get residents more involved in their community.
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Seniors in Service live up to their name: Serving seniors
Chris Noble recalls when an 82-year-old woman approached him at an event, with tears in her eyes. She asked him: “Can I be one of those people you call?” The woman was referring to calls made through a telephone reassurance program called Telepals.
Sound the Trumpets for Seniors in Service!
Check out the Proclamation presented to Seniors in Service by Florida Department of Elder Affairs Secretary Michelle Branham & Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Melanie Griffin.
Tampa Seniors Step Back into Service
Seniors say they want to stay active and offer help. It was more than a year and a half ago that the state of Florida made a big push to make COVID-19 vaccines readily available to seniors.
It’s Time for a Conversation: Loneliness Awareness Week is June 13-17
Loneliness is a health crisis that is often overlooked, especially in seniors, but it cannot be ignored.
Volunteer Florida CEO, Corey Simon inspires service through his leadership
Volunteer Florida CEO Corey Simon is a true leader with a servant’s heart, and we were honored when he came to visit Seniors in Service Operation: Veteran Connect members where they serve at Our Lady of Guadalupe Food Pantry.
Neonkita Frazier helps Veterans fight homelessness and became Volunteer Florida’s Volunteer of the Year!
Neonkita Frazier is on a mission to help Veterans experiencing homelessness access the benefits they deserve.
Volunteer Grandma's initiative makes difference in Booker T. Washington Elementary classrooms
A small but mighty group of senior women are assisting teachers at Booker T. Washington Elementary as “Volunteer Grandma’s.”
Healthy St. Pete showcases the city’s partners-in-health
As Healthy St. Pete continues its quest to create a healthier tomorrow for the city and its residents, program organizers want to highlight the organizations helping make that dream a reality.
Seniors in Service receives an $11,000 Digital Education Grant from Spectrum
Spectrum is working to help seniors citizens that navigate the rapidly changing digital world. The company presented an $11,000 grant to Seniors in Service Tampa Bay to help support digital education for seniors.
Robin Ingles, Seniors in Service, offers Seniors ways to stay involved and impact their community!
“We have a client who is blind and she lives alone and she has a companion volunteer who comes in and visits her a couple times a week and one of the things she does is opens her mail and that makes a difference between whether that woman can live independently or not.”
A real-life superhero “Zooms in” to help children during the pandemic
AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent volunteer, Ernest Cross received a wonderful surprise when he joined a Seniors in Service Zoom meeting on August 30. The Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County (JWB) honored him with the KidsFirst Cooperman-Bogue Award, and even surprised him at his home with a check for $500.
Grandmas and Kindergartners
“Summer break will soon be over but the impact of a summer program at local nonprofit Girls Inc. will be evident for years to come for all parties involved. Judith Meyer has always had a heart to serve. She spent much of her professional career helping patients as a nurse but now shes helping preschoolers gain the skills they need to succeed in school.”